Sam Fowles gave us an excellent talk on Wednesday about ‘The Great Repeal Bill’ that has been in the news this week. He explained to us how this bill will make it possible for the government to use ‘Henry VIII’ powers to make or break laws without going through the House of Commons; it will give them broader powers, exercised with less accountability, than any peacetime administration within living memory. If you would like to write to your MP to express your concern, you can find their contact details at ‘Find my MP’ on your computer. Even if you send a short note it will get noticed if a number of us send something! Also, It is quite easy to get a letter published in the Reading Chronicle if you give it a local angle. If you are more ambitious, try the national press! We need to show journalists and politicians that people are concerned about this topic and that there is need to take it seriously.
For more information look at Sam Fowles’s articles in the Guardian or on the ‘Another Europe is Possible’ website.
7.30pm Wednesday 6th September
RISC, 35 – 39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS
More info Jackie Oversby: 07745310794 / jackieoversby@gmail.com www.globaljustice.org.uk/reading
